03.09.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:38 pm by optionplayer
It was 2002 yes only 8 years ago
when most of the Financial Global Community, were advising to dump the currency ( Real) which was approaching 3.9 ( high 3.99)
& also to dump equity on their index which was approaching 10,000 yes TEN Thousand
now in 2008 only2 years ago & when the currency was hitting 1.57 yes from 3.99 so had been strengthening ,
& the Bovespa yes Brazilian equity index like Footsie or SP500 or CAC 40
was hitting 80,000 yes EIGHTY Thousand
Expert & similar opinion to the crowd of 2002, were strongly advising, must BUY Real, as it will go to parity 1 to 1
& the Bovespa will hit 100,000 , yes ONE Hundred Thousand
EVEN though we had, already increased , 8 times , on the index & the currency appreciated by over 70% & with gearing many many multiples!!!
So please Wake up , Global Village, when the insight , expert opinion
are discounting the Brazilian Election in October ?
discounting the fact the currency has rebounded from the sharp move from 1.57 to 2.7 and now 1.7
keeping matters simple Brazil is a selective SELL SELL SELLL< yes not BUY BUY but BYE BYE l
as with the pending election,
& much potential uncertainty etc
& with excessive FDI yes foreign investment , after going for the door since 2002
they are now very much jammed up inside, the entrance.
So the best next surprise move, is for currency to find an excuse to get close to 3 again
& the index to test 33,000 which was hit in yes 2008, only 2 years ago!
AS for election forecasting,
expect an upset, &
some alternative candidates, who have not declared yet , so do expect , to declare their interest in June !
watch out , there is a Brazil about!! & it can hurt!
Like the Nut!, if it falls,&lands in a sharp format, beware!!.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 10:03 am by optionplayer
99% of those that seek Public ?
Media attention etc whether to promote their work, ego, wealth , boredom , etc have a duty!
to use that exposure correctly-
especially when we have a trending Media That is Globally dumbing all, selling all the time ,
so much of what was once supposed ‘journalism’ , is now the work of some spin/ PR machine & leading off or towards ,
selling something !
Just try & read the Sunday rags! or even the daily depresses
they have changed dramatically for the worse !
These past 20 years !
Look at last Saturday 6th March The Times report on Cocaine Drugs – light hearted and even make fun of other paper readers who are very critical ! what sort of cheap reporting & pandering is this !
We also hear that ASHcroft has been & will continue to invest into the Blogging World ! wow so even what might have been independent thought & criticisms is now part of something else & another agenda!
Next we will hear the paper has an interest in sales increasing better than 5 fold these past 12 years !! wow ! what a society!
Like so many of the professions, they have sold out for any excuse to get their hands on MONEY first.
Whether it is supposed stars, being arrested for drugs & drink mis behavioru- & getting off! maybe to the courts and to the image , that encourages more tarde for the drug & drink pushers! but Health is aperosnal issue that should be respected !
wake up whethere it is Kate , Lindsay, Pamela, George, Phillip,
Peter , David etc etc the list is endless and truly Global!
wake up before it is too late! ONE Body whatever the plastic surgeons may say!
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03.03.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:25 pm by optionplayer
Needless to say the Pru has changed since the 1970s – but not necessarily for the better. The new chief executive officer (CEO), Tidjane Thiam, is a management consultant from the Ivory Coast, with no particular ties to Britain and few to the insurance business – he had spent a few years as “Strategy Director” of another insurance company after being headhunted from McKinsey & Co. Needless to say, Thiam wanted to make a splash, and not leave the venerable British company looking the same as when he found it.
At first sight, buying a huge Asian operation looks strategically sensible – it makes Prudential a major player in the Asian market and a substantial one in – gasp – China. There are rumors that in order to buy it, Prudential may divest itself of its U.K. operations, thereby losing a low growth business and moving into a high growth business. All very consultantish and clever.
That’s until you look at the question of price. Prudential is paying $35 billion for AIA, which is $15 billion more than the $20 billion AIA was thought to be worth as a stand-alone business. To buy it, Prudential is going to issue shares to AIG, as well as undertaking a $20 billion share issue that will double its capital and dilute the hell out of existing shareholders.
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03.02.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 8:10 pm by optionplayer
Since 1996 Cocaine use is up 5 yes FIVE FOLD
so who & what drives this abuse & decline in our culture.
Has the Home Offfice failed ?
Has the NHS also failed in not gettng the message out there! across correctly!
but also is it a sign of the people in media/ city/ surburbia etc who live & thrive on this drug! DRUGS dig! well they get off their high before the election & consider where we are heading!
Drink consumption &especially amongst the young has rocketed !
now we have the White Powder Truth?
Labour in disgrace & decline on the moral issues !
read tonight’s Evening Standard re Poverty in London?? who would believe we havee had a Labour Government in power for the last 13 years
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:35 pm by optionplayer
Lord Mandelson is 100 % right on this point, by requesting a Full inquiry.
Michael Ashcroft gave an undertaking back in 2000 & we still after 10 years have not had correct closure.
The Inquiry should be asking where does the wealth originate ! & it is not enough to say
Security & he sold a company to Tyco ( which itself got caught up in many alternative scandals after the sale anyway)
Belize is a very questionable offshore centre to Have & still have much links.
The Economist , which is not an anti Tory journal , only the other year ran a story, linking Banks /Ashcroft were associated with with Chavez & Venezuela
& whilst the inquiry is on-
what has Cameron promised this Lord for his generous financial & other assistance
a Minister for
Security
Imports
Unique Marketing
We are in a very slippery environment – & when Michael Grove wrote for the Times in 2000 ( yes shadow/ opposition home sec) very negative comments about Ashcroft- but now embarrassingly says , it was a joke! ( on newsnight with Kirsty last night )
no way , & no can do for Democracy.
This has nothing to do with Labour Spin! Morals or what the other non doms are doing !
investigate a very intriguing world of this Miami/ Belize South America UK Story
Yes that is the question?
What has Ashcroft been promised?
To further more of his Belize interests through the UK !
Buying Votes maybe a new trend – if they are successful so to further that more through the system
In the past , someone born in the UK could not get Non Dom status–
so come this was not a problem ? and who received the funds to be so sympathetic !!
There is much to this story than cheap Mandelsohn bashing !
How much money has crept & is creeping in through side doors with no accountability to its origin and true source !
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03.01.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:07 am by optionplayer
Whilst top Tory Donor now we are told is a NON DOM!
ahh! but once again where excatly does his wealth derive from & who has & still backs him?
Why if we belive what ‘The Economist’ wrote the other year , there were links to Chavez & Venezulea but now we have silence re this link!
His business some years were security! but this past Belize offshore shady centre , should rasie many concerns ! far worse than any of the Labour nonsense
His wealth has a very bad taste & suggests that if Tories were to win,
what post will Michael Ashcrof be given,
to pay this character, for his past & present financial contributions!
Slippery Path Patriotic Duty is expected to take us !
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02.28.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:00 am by optionplayer
TIME for WHAT CHANGE !
Live within its Means ! what does that mean under the Tories !!
as those that will decide live off selective trust funds !
it is scary!
what are values !
when we know from the past they too can not be trusted !
George !
Reality!
Why is the Conservative message not getting through!
Trust must play a part! belief!
Case for change !!
Public are so cynical as George says !
but what exactly is this change ! reducing corp Tax etc is minor ! small business talk etc is about small money! The Tax talk is just soundbites!
as for re establishing Manufacturing in UK is weird- when China has become the Factory of the World -
What will be in your first emergency budget! why no comment
Fiscal Judgment will not speak as it is better to hide ?
and no doubt it will be truly horrific , so why to hide begin no comment now !
Full Judgement , again all these wonderful wordy soundbites!!
where will the cuts fall! the Public should know before the ELECTION
Protect the NHS Service but what will it truly mean !?
The Country wants change but is the above about real sincere change ?
Again Michael Ashcroft’s role with Financing the Party etc & connections, were not answered ?
SAD & a dangerous reaction, to smirk & laugh off any need to sincerely cmment!
as Belize & offshore centres, should come clean ?
or Democracey once again is tainted !!
as to who is funding whom, for what ?
scary!
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02.26.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:48 pm by optionplayer
Comments below reflect what advice is being circulated taht market will recover soon- wowo
what if we are about to fall off a cliff again later in the year!
then there will be more than a little mud on many faces !
prices are supposedly firm at present so test the market!! v
THE BRITISH chancellor of the exchequer has said he does not believe that a quick sale of British assets by the National Asset Management Agency (Nama), taking advantage of an uplift in the British property market, would benefit the Irish taxpayer.
In an interview with The Irish Times, Alistair Darling said he did not see the argument for “a hasty sale” given that many of the assets are commercial property.
About a fifth of the €80 billion in loans being transferred to Nama are assets in Britain, many of which are in London.
“I would have thought from the Irish Government’s point of view, though, that they would be quite keen to ensure that these assets are sold as and when they will want to get their money back too for the Irish taxpayer,” he said.
“I don’t see the argument for a hasty sale at the moment, given that a lot of the stuff is commercial property,” he added.
Mr Darling said the British and Irish governments had agreed to “keep in touch so we know roughly what they [Nama] are doing”.
He said: “I am quite sure that it wouldn’t be in their interest to do something that would actually depress prices, which would end up in them getting less money for the assets.”
Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh said in November that Nama expected overseas property markets, which accounted for 27 per cent of the agency’s assets, to “recover more quickly
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02.25.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:03 pm by optionplayer
When members of a political party , in this case FF and Terry Leyden
can talk about Assasination Lists- it is no Joke! as we all know Life is cheap! especially if we are talking about Billions & billion of Euro losses or a few people have pulled off ‘daylight robbery’!
Politicians should be ashamed of themselves- especially when in Ireland corporate Terror/ Criminality/ more Terror/ has in the past/ gone hand in hand – as the IRA was always a seedy/ sleazy/ business organisation, hiding behind supposed Nationalist pretences !!
The Country of Ireland / Irish Citizens Globally deserve & require more from Dublin than this cheap/ dangerous & outrageous talk
when will there be a serious Public Enquiry into Anglo Irish Bank-with powers to make criminal prosecutions-
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02.24.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 5:20 pm by optionplayer
European Commissioner for Economic & MonetaryAffairs.
Please review the following–
The Irish situation is worse than the Greek present fiasco! as in if you knew now what they were doing in 2001 – you would have to have stopped them or you are compliant to being not worthy of your present office.
So now Ireland & Dublin is pushing through NAMA & Anglo Irish paperwork, ,& in many ways it is far worse than the Greek Scandal- as it could cost 100
yes One Hundred Billion in Euros in the end, if it heads where all indicators , appear to point.
All EU officials should be disgusted that a few supposed top rate Banks & others should have colluded with Greek officials back in 2001 , so to avoid disclosure so that monies could be raised without the system knowing.
It is beyond outrageous.
European HQ should therefore be absolutely vigilant re the Irish story unfolding, & who & why Dublin is pushing hard to have a resolution before this coalition sinks.
Democracy and what will affect the majority of Irish Citizens & Europeans too, yes ! If the Irish problem after Nama ( and the mishandling of up to 100 Billion of Funding ) ends up draining more EU resources !
as the Irish have had a canny ability these past 20 years in getting more than their full share from Brussels! No comment here to Charlie McCreevy & his over zealous helpers! etc & their past tactics!
Re Greek Government now, to say, we were not in power, so it was not our doing.
As an effective opposition should have known & it is hard to believe that more top families & officials did not know, but silence is sometimes golden ! ask the Chinese!
Now back to your desk, at the Commissioner of Economic & Monetary Affairs and your team led by Senor Carlos Martinez- Mongay.
NAMA. Also interconnected with ‘Anglo Irish’ supposed re capitalization plan ( This Bank should have undergone a public inquiry -as the past management discussions are riped with political interference & many serious unanswered questions of conflict of interest.)
IRELAND with this questionable Irish Government ( hanging in by a thread- losing another coalition member yesterday ) is supposedly, trying to get out of their very badly managed economy, these past 10 plus maybe more years, through instituting NAMA.
This problem ,has been due to,over zealous & at times incorrect practices by Government, Advisors, Officials, Bankers etc etc
Gosh a Greek similarity already appears.
Last week when the Irish courts, with a Bank of Ireland related Property Problem, valued something at 80% depreciation ( which is not so crazy as the prices went up to such absurd levels that they were not even realistic, 2 years ago- but it was convenient for many to look the other way)
Now if the REAL value is near 80% off !? How can they be about to pay close to 80 % on valuations to this select group of supposedly well connected property /spivs.
How can NAMA, be about to let these select group of Irish/Clan/Investors/Supposed property players, expect the State through NARMA & in the end, be bankrolled by EU – as if Ireland end up dropping 10’s of BILLIONS ( and it may be eventually nearer 100) which they do not have economically now anyway! who will they turn to!
If Europe said NO to further help! then we will see a dirty pack with this Bostonian clan/ that have been very much part of these past years of mismanagement by back room deals.
It is no surprise that American Banks other select group of US Private Equity Investors, have been behind the scene, these past years, with other questionable deals deriving from US instruction.
So the more, the mess & the more state money wasted from where ever- beware US, yes US through private equity, can pick up the spoils for small change !
No dream, but this is not the forum , to enter & discuss this part of the dirty Irish Tales!
Senor Almunia & Team, please reflect HARD & utilize Intellectual Curiosity to the maximum here, as agreeing a Green light to NAMA without insisting serious changes still at Anglo & at NAMA , as to who truly is getting paid what , could see the biggest Daylight Robbery! ever!? – up to now with the EU & here you all have a responsibility for the 490 Million Citizens ! as 100 Billion is not insignificant , forgetting the repercussions.
AS if Greece is putting strain on Euros now , the domino affect of a mishandled Irish Story would be horrendous- remember wisdom , and just number following suggests we have another dip re markets- & a visit to last years March lows, will put strains on the system- & if US tightens ( which is now is more than a probability) , so to put the screws on Europe etc — Irish incompetence will cause problems !! so his matter is far more complex than just an Irish problem !
Ireland is on an even higher & more surreal/unreal/ & potentially dangerous situation.
As corruptions here is like a disease , & when it is so rampant even those that carry a disease know, it becomes a point when you just do not wish to accept at any reality what you have !
This is an absurd situation for a Country to ever have let itself get into.
Anglo & the other Banks need to accept responsibility at the correct market valuations & must not allow, as what is happening for a select group of business men with tremendous influence & favours due ! to get away with State & possible EU money ! for their past present & no doubt future mistakes.
Instead of accepting responsibility & losses & closing or letting others like, maybe the state to take over at correct valuations !
We should all hope & pray, for not just Irish citizens but Spanish Portuguese, English & fellow EU complete,you will do the right thing re NAMA , even if it may make you unpopular with bankers / lawyers , these influential and questionable Irish and other borrowers at Anglo etc.
We should have a full public EU inquiry into Anglo Irish and who has created and benefited so far from the mismanagement ( as the spread of deceit etc & incorrectness goes well outside Europe to other EU countries and US)
so for starters, reflecting past, present decisions with scrutiny, would benefit everyone.
By the way, where is courage, self control, & intellectual curiosity in these institutions?
I hope you appointed officials, will not like many in these Institutions pass the buck or listen too closely to the same advisers indirectly working for solutions, with the problem makers ie the defunct Anglo Irish & the establishment of NAMA– this would be a huge tragedy.
Doing the right thing!! is in the end, always right with the correct dividends ! Think Long Term & if not then worry about darkness & real problems that loom.!
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